Ham boiler



Jan. 20. 1.925.

f H. ADELMANN HAM BOILER Filed Jan. 24, 1923 Patented Jan. 20, 1925.

.HANsADELMAN-mlor- New YORKQN. Assrononro HAMBoirngeR-vooRo1-u'r1oiv,

OF NEW' YOR'K, 'Na YL, yA CORPORATIONQ-'F-NEW ,YQBIK being? cooked. within the rece'p` t"ac :le.v By the .terni ham, used herein for convenience, is to be understood any suitable piece of meat or the like that may be cooked and shaped within the receptacle.

Among the objects of this present 'improvement is to vimprove the' construction of the cover with respect to the means for manipulating it downward toward or into the receptacle and for locking it in place.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a novel arrangement of resilient or false bottom attached permanently to the cover and removable therewith from the receptacle, said false bottom being intended for the provision of resiliency for the ham even though the cover may be locked in positive position.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the 'invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed and suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical -embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure l is a planview of a preferred embodiment ofl the invention, parts being in section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a partial side elevation and .partial vertical section on the line 2 2 of F ig. l.-

vReferring now more specifically to .the drawings .I shown a receptacle l0 as of oval tacle andresil'iently with respect to the. hanr HAM Berlina. Y .1 fj.- e"

Application filed January 24, 1923i Serial No.` 614,527. l

form in plan view the same ll'iaviiig'f `a substantially. net 'bottom and^ approximately verticalside and endlwallfs, thel 'latter' being shown at 1 1 and 'I2 as havi ng outwardly Hared portions or enlargements: 13 eachI provided on it s inner surface with;v a vertical series of teeth 1`l,' t he points of wliich lie practically in a veitiealiplane' with the inner surface of the` adjacent end wall." These projections 13 'are :ariiedv upward preferably somewhat above Vthe hfiri'gontal plane of the upper' edgefof the yr'eceptacle body, as shown at13. Ihestriicture ofthe recep-4 t'acle for this ,reasonfisfof 'unitarynatura having no movable-@arts andv withfhardly any means .or membersjprojecting 'inaterialy on the: outside of thereceptacle. Thus "provision is made' forclose'nestingfor packing ot' the receptaclesf vvhich` iir my extensive experienec sometimes are' required'to be used in large numbers 'in the ham making'business. The oval :torni 'ofthe' receptacle lends itselI directly tothe f orn in rwhichhams are ordinarily made `for cooking purposes after they are boned and for the moderate compression thereof during theA cooking action and from which the meat may be sliced transversely, making true rectangular slices for sandwiches or the like.

Conforming to and movable 4Within the receptacle is the rigid cover 15, which ex cept as noted below is -freely movable downward between the parts lcarrying the series of teeth or engaging members 14. Said engaging members or teeth yare shown as having considera-ble length relatively transversely of the receptacle, and co-operating with each series is a bolt 16 of U-shape or having two spaced tongues or points 16 lying and movable on opposite sides of the longitudinal center of the apparat-us. The effective width between the two points 16, cooperating with 4the long teeth 14, gives a tremendous strength to the device respecting tendency of the cover to twist or tilt around its longitudinal' center 'in case the receptacle should'jbe filled more irmly on one side than on the other when put under compression.

Each bolt is slidable lengthwise of the central plane of the. construction toward or from a coilspring 17 located. between thel inner end of'the'bolt the inner end of a casing 18 secured as shown to the top of the covernand` held inl place by the nlprojection of thel flangef191thereofbeneatlr as eries'ji of undercut lugs Q'` formed preferably integral with the cover. The outer or remote fend! ofitheeasing 'isl'finally secured to the i `or empty.

. slots 23 formedin the tops of the casings 1 One of the improved features of this iiivention is the provision of hand operated power devices V'for.effecting maximum compression ofthe ham within the recptacle, the same serving also for use as handles for manipulation Vof the apparatusfwhen filled On each side of each casing 18 andvrelativelyclose tothe adjacent end of thecover are arrangedtwo upright parallel I standardsifl, theupper ends of which are provided withaligned holes for the reception of a pivotbolt v25 fixed therein in stationary position,.the 'axis of the bolt being transverse to the .longitudinal axis of the cover.' .f f

. Pivoted uponeach bolt 25 is a handle or second class lever 261,.tl1e nose end 2G of which is shorter than the handle or power end and co-operates with the teeth 14. Any selected teeth latherefore may serve as the fulcrum when the nose 26 is caused to ergage downw'ard beneath the same as indicated in dot and dash lines, Fig. O so that when power is applied downward upon the handle the adjacent end of the cover will be forced downward powerfully. To accominodate the swinging movements of the han llas each of them is preferably mounted loosely upon the bolt 25 through a slot 2i'. In other words, the operator grasping either handle and lifting the same and drawing the handle inward toward the center of the machine may cause the point thereof to engage down'- ward beneath the same tooth 14 as is cngaged by the bolt, and when the handle is forced downward the cover will be forced downward permitting the bolt to snap beneath the next succeeding tooth of the series and automatically holding the cover in whatever position it may be depressed to.

The top of each casing 1S is open or slot ted at 28 adjacent to its outer end, and acting through said slot is a cam 29 formed ou the bottom portion of the lever or handle 26. This cam eo-operates with a leaf spring SOheld in a seat 3l formed iu the top of the y cover. The spring is bowed vupward at its, center and is so related to the cam thaty when the lever is depressed at its power endthe crest of the cam will pass the dead center of th'esprin'g andso befself retained 'Since the bolts act normally to'loclt the c'over'in rigid position within the receptacle either of the handles 26 may' be grasped "freely, at any time. fonlifting and handling the entire structure, and after being so lifted the device may be set in any desired position and the handles then returned to lowered position as shown in full lines where they will be out of the way for nesting or paclring purposes.

It being well, known that hams or the like are subjected to a certain amount of swelling while cooking it isadvisable to provide means to relieve the 'pressure on the meat incident to such swelling so as to prevent the expressing of valuable juices therefrom. To this end l provide a plate. 32 connected on the inside of the cover and-movable relatively upward thereto by means-of a series' of fasteners 33 shown in the form ofscrews .passing freely through the cover andifixed in'lugs 34; formed on the plate. A coil spring 35 surrounds each' fastener and tends to resist the upward movement of the plate toward the cover, but when the hamfis put under compression the springsjgo upward somewhat allowing the plate to approach the cover while the heads of the fasteners move upward from the cover.

I claim: Y 1.` The combination with a receptacle-having ratchetraclts in its opposite walls and a cover movable downward between said walls, of levers co- 1 perating withthe racks for forcing the cover downward, and spring-pressed beveled latch bolts engaging the r'aclis to loch the cover down, the fulcrums of said levers being mounted on the cover, and means cti-operating therewith pcri'nitting longitudinal movement of the levers as well as pivotal movement thereof.

lu a ham boiler, the combination of a receptacle, a cover movable downward into the saine, said receptacle having a series of horizontally arranged engaging members, a lever including a cam extending downward, and a spring co-operat-ing with said cam for autoinatically holding the lever inloclred position relatively to the cover.

3. ln a ham boiler, the combination of a receptacle, cover ino Yable downward into the saine, said receptacle having a series of horizont-ally arranged engagiingV members, a lever including a cam extending downward, a spring cov-operating with said ,cam for automatically holding the lever' inv ylocked v position rela-tively to the cover, andmeans to engage auton'iaticallysaid engaging inembers for holding the cover depressed'. Y i

4. The combination as set forth in claim l iniwhichthe lever meansisprovided with a cam co-operating with a spring vt'o automedically hold the power end of the lever depressed close to the Central portion of the The combination with a receptacle haw ing ratchet reeks n its opposite walls and a cover movable downward between said walls, of U-Shaped latch bolts mounted upon the @over and sldalole relative thereto so that the tongues thereof will engage the racks to lock the cover down, and levers mounted upon the Covers in Central relation to said latch bolts so that the end of e lever adjacent to a` rack may be depressed to enter between seid tongues toy engage said rack.

In testimony whereof al'lx my signature.

HANS ADELMANN. 

